1981 Uber Cup knockout stage

Badminton tournament The knockout stage for the 1981 Uber Cup began on 22 May 1981 with the first round and ended on 31 May with the final tie. Qualified teams The teams that won their zonal tie qualified for the final knockout stage. GroupWinnersAJPN 1870BMASCCANDENGEINA Bracket main Bracket First round Second round Challenge round y ENG Bye JPN 1870 Bye 22 May 1981 – Tokyo MAS 0 INA 9 Bye ENG 23 May 1981 – Tokyo JPN 1870 9 CAN 0 26 May 1981 – Tokyo INA 5 ENG 4 30 May 1981 – Tokyo JPN 1870 6 INA 3 First round Indonesia vs Malaysia Indonesia Malaysia Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium 22–23 May 198123 May 1981 Verawaty spearheads Indonesia to 4-0 lead https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19810523-1.2.127.11 10 August 2024 The Straits Times 36 en NewspaperSG25 May 1981 Indonesia tewaskan M'sia 9-0 https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/beritaharian19810525-1.2.49.7 10 August 2024 Berita Harian 7 ms NewspaperSG 9 0 Verawaty Wiharjo 11 11 Katherine Teh 0 5 Ivana Lie 11 11 Leong Chai Lean 0 0 Ruth Damayanti Verawaty Wiharjo 15 15 Khor Lay See Khaw Mooi Eng 3 0 Theresia Widiastuti Imelda Wiguna 15 15 Leong Chai Lean Katherine Teh 9 4 Taty Sumirah 11 11 Clare Choo 0 3 Verawaty Wiharjo 11 11 Leong Chai Lean 6 0 Ivana Lie 11 11 Katherine Teh 5 4 Theresia Widiastuti Imelda Wiguna 15 15 Khor Lay See Khaw Mooi Eng 6 12 Ruth Damayanti Verawaty Wiharjo 15 15 Leong Chai Lean Katherine Teh 1 3 Second round Japan vs Canada Japan 1870 Canada Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium 23–24 May 198125 May 1981 尤柏杯女子羽球半决赛日本以9比0轻取加拿大 https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/scjp19810525-1.2.19.12 limited 11 August 2024 Sin Chew Jit Poh 9 zh NewspaperSG25 May 1981 Japan in Uber Cup final https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19810525-1.2.87.4 limited 11 August 2024 The Straits Times 28 en NewspaperSG 9 0 Saori Kondo 11 11 Wendy Carter 2 1 Yoshiko Yonekura 11 11 Jane Youngberg 6 7 Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura 15 15 Wendy Carter Sandra Skillings 2 3 Saori Kondo Mikiko Takada 15 15 Claire Backhouse Jane Youngberg 5 1 Atsuko Tokuda 11 11 Denyse Julien 2 3 Yoshiko Yonekura 11 11 Wendy Carter 5 7 Saori Kondo 11 11 Jane Youngberg 4 0 Saori Kondo Mikiko Takada 15 15 Wendy Carter Sandra Skillings 2 1 Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura 15 15 Claire Backhouse Jane Youngberg 2 5 Indonesia vs England Indonesia England Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium 26–27 May 198127 May 1981 Indonesia lead 3-1 in Cup tie https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newnation19810527-1.2.78 10 August 2024 New Nation 19 en NewspaperSG29 May 1981 Indonesia scrape through to Uber Cup final https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19810529-1.2.115.7 10 August 2024 The Straits Times 37 en NewspaperSG 5 4 Verawaty Wiharjo 11 11 Jane Webster 5 5 Ivana Lie 12 11 Sally Leadbeater 11 6 Ruth Damayanti Verawaty Wiharjo 11 15 18 Nora Perry Jane Webster 15 5 13 Theresia Widiastuti Imelda Wiguna 9 15 4 Karen Chapman Sally Leadbeater 15 6 15 Taty Sumirah 5 3 Karen Bridge 11 11 Verawaty Wiharjo 11 11 Sally Leadbeater 4 0 Ivana Lie 6 11 11 Jane Webster 11 3 12 Theresia Widiastuti Imelda Wiguna 8 8 Nora Perry Jane Webster 15 15 Ruth Damayanti Verawaty Wiharjo 15 15 Karen Chapman Sally Leadbeater 5 12 Challenge round The final of the 1981 Uber Cup saw Indonesia and Japan duel for the title for a fifth consecutive time since 1969. Japan started with a 1–0 lead when Saori Kondo defeated Indonesia's Ivana Lie 11–7, 10–12, 11–3. In the second singles, Verawaty Wiharjo, who was one game down against Yoshiko Yonekura came back to defeat her opponent in the next two games and earned the first point for Indonesia in the tie. Indonesia later increased their lead to 2–1 when Ruth Damayanti and Verawaty Wiharjo defeated the host pair of Saori Kondo and Mikiko Takada in a three-game thriller. In the second doubles match, Indonesia's Theresia Widiastuti and Imelda Wiguna took the first game from Atsuko Tokuda and Yoshiko Yonekura of Japan but could not hold onto their lead and lost the next two games to the Japanese. The teams were tied at 2–2. In the second day of the final, Atsuko Tokuda of Japan won against Taty Sumirah of Indonesia to put Japan ahead 3–2. Japan's lead increased further when Saori Kondo defeated Verawaty Wiharjo in the first of the crossover singles. The second crossover singles saw Yoshiko Yonekura earn the winning point for Japan when she defeated Ivana Lie in three games. After the next two doubles matches, the final score between the two teams was 6–3, with Japan successfully retaining their Uber Cup title.Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 134, 135. Japan vs Indonesia Japan 1870 Indonesia Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium 30–31 May 19811 June 1981 Japan and Indonesia tied 2-2 in struggle for badminton supremacy https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19810601-1.2.109.4 limited 11 August 2024 The Straits Times 36 en NewspaperSG2 June 1981 Japanese women win https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19810602-1.2.102.3 11 August 2024 The Straits Times 29 en NewspaperSG 6 3 Saori Kondo 11 10 11 Ivana Lie 7 12 3 Yoshiko Yonekura 11 2 6 Verawaty Wiharjo 2 11 11 Saori Kondo Mikiko Takada 15 12 3 Ruth Damayanti Verawaty Wiharjo 11 15 15 Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura 17 15 15 Theresia Widiastuti Imelda Wiguna 18 11 11 Atsuko Tokuda 11 11 Taty Sumirah 5 9 Saori Kondo 11 11 Verawaty Wiharjo 6 8 Yoshiko Yonekura 3 11 12 Ivana Lie 11 7 9 Saori Kondo Mikiko Takada 15 15 Theresia Widiastuti Imelda Wiguna 8 11 Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura 15 9 12 Ruth Damayanti Verawaty Wiharjo 9 15 15 References Category:Thomas & Uber Cup Category:1981 in badminton